combi

Clipping of combination.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmbi/

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• Rhymes: -ɒmbi

combi (plural combis or combies)

1. (aviation) An aircraft adapted to carry either cargo or passengers, or both at once.
2. (attributively) Combination.

   My old combi boiler broke down.

3. A combination boiler.
   • 2013 July 9, Adrian, “Re: OT Are all heating engineers touchy?”, in uk.d-i-y‎ (Usenet):

     The combi at our last place was just fine for rads and showers. The biggest restriction was the speed of filling the bath...

4. (South Africa) Alternative form of kombi

• combi deck

Either shortened from combinatiewagen or combinatie, or borrowed from German Kombi, used in Volkswagen Kombi (whence also Afrikaans kombi and South African English kombi).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔm.bi/

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• Hyphenation: com‧bi

combi m (plural combi's, diminutive combieke n)

1. combination, combi
2. minivan, kombi

   Synonym: combinatiewagen

3. (Belgium) police van

Borrowed from German Kombi.

combi n (uncountable)

1. station wagon

combi m (plural combis)

1. (Latin America) minivan

• “combi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014